As a followup: this afternoon I did indeed cash in my bonus for a lovely little backlit block of Onyx-toned delight. Being able to play Advance Wars in a dark (and sadly smoke-free) bar is surely evidence of the greatest advance modern technology has ever seen. And surely, too, it means it’s unlikely that I’ll get all these quizzes graded in a timely fashion over the weekend (much less tackle the reading that’s already starting to pile up). But hey, at least I didn’t run out and buy an XBox. Yet.